Tim Saunders

About Tim Saunders

Professional experience includes department and team leadership, project and program management, process improvement, hiring and recruiting. I am a masters-prepared Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C) with substantial experience medical and mental health fields. Strong clinical case management and social work experience in an acute hospital setting. Experienced in supervision, training, orientation, project management, process improvement, and healthcare informatics. Specialties: Healthcare Leadership and Management, Case Management, Population Health, System Integration, Readmission Reduction, Process Improvement, Risk Stratification, Recruitment and hiring, clinical supervision, medical social work, discharge planning, crisis management, mental health, training and orientation, and supportive counseling.

Experience

1. Clinical Operations Manager - Care Management

   GBMC HealthCare

   May 2022 — Present

   Functions as a project/program manager, operations expert, consultant, educator, expert practitioner, and licensed supervisor for interns and graduate social workers. Works in collaboration with and under direct supervision of the Director to manage the team. Serves as departmental leader for various mid-term and long-term projects, including ongoing Performance Improvement initiatives. Serves as organizational leader for development of and sustainment of Social Work Internship program. Serves as organizational resource to ensure evidence-based practice, and to facilitate optimal patient care within GBMC. Provides psycho-social services including: psychosocial assessment, complex discharge planning, coordination of services, resource referral, support group facilitation and consultation. Participates in interdisciplinary collaboration with RN Care Managers, Physicians, Residents, and staff on various units. Collaborates with service line team members to distribute patient case load.

Education

• University of Maryland Baltimore

  Masters in Social Work, clinical social work with a specialization in mental health

  2003 — 2007

• Towson University

  Bachelor of Science, Clinical psychology

  1999 — 2003

Skills

• Customer Service
• Healthcare Information Technology
• Medicine
• Discharge Planning
• Crisis Intervention
• Program Management
• Management
• Medical Social Work
• Project Management
• Treatment
• Clinical Research
• Psychotherapy
• Community Outreach
• Health
• Transitional Care
• Leadership
• Healthcare Management
• Social Services
• Clinical
• Leadership Development
• Case Management
• Supervisory Skills
• Healthcare Information Technology (Hit)
• Adolescents
• Crisis Management
• Hospitals
• Counseling
• Team Leadership
• Mental Health
• Healthcare